Student-Faculty Ratio
17:1
Full-Time Student Population
34,047
Part-Time Student Population
1,764
Full-Time Instructional Faculty
1,603
Part-Time Instructional Faculty
648
Faculty with Terminal Degree
99%
Average Faculty Salary
$124,799
Full-Time Retention Rate
96%
Part-Time Retention Rate
96%
Programs/Majors Offered
123
Academic/Career Counseling?
Yes
Class Sizes
- Fewer than 20 Students: 60%
- 20 to 49 Students: 25%
- 50 or More Students: 15%
Instructional Programs
Occupational:
NoAcademic:
YesContinuing Professional:
NoRecreational/Avocational:
NoAdult Basic Remedial:
NoSecondary (High School):
NoSpecial Credit Opportunities
Advanced Placement (AP) Credits:
YesDual Credit:
NoLife Experience Credits:
NoUndergraduate Schools/Divisions
- College of Chemistry
- College of Engineering
- College of Environmental Design
- College of Letters & Sciences
- College of Natural Resources
- Haas School of Business
- The Richard & Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy
- Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
- School of Information Management and Systems
- School of Public Health
- School of Social Welfare
- University Professors Program
Degrees Awarded
- Bachelor's degree
- Doctorate - Professional practice
- Doctorate - Research/scholarship
- Master's degree
- Post-bachelor's certificate
- Post-master's certificate
Most Popular Majors
- Business Administration and Management: 4%
- Cellular and Molecular Biology: 3%
- Economics and Econometrics: 2%
- Political Science and Government, General: 2%
Special Study Options
Study abroad
Best Places to Study
- Café Strada
- VLSB Bioscience Library
Tips to Succeed
- Do as many extracurricular activities as you can handle.
- Don't be afraid of not knowing what you want to do with your life
- Don't be discouraged by the smart, ambitious, and hard-working renaissance men and women around you.
- Don't develop a drug/alcohol habit.
- Don't give up your academic dreams.
- Go abroad if you can.
- Go to class.
- Make more friends than you need.
- Try taking classes that you don't know much about
Did You Know?
- Despite Berkeley's reputation for having huge, over-impacted classes, only 15 percent of the courses offered have 50 or more students.
- UC Berkeley's Democratic Education at Cal ("DeCal") program allows students to design and teach their own classes. Past offerings included Italian Cooking, Philosophy of The Simpsons, and Advanced Rubik's Cube.
- Every Cal student must take an American Cultures (AC) course, which highlights diverse cultures within the United States. This requirement is unique to Cal, and AC courses are specifically designed with the school's requirement in mind.